To celebrate their two-year anniversary, the Everything Is Bigger series (hosted by Tyler Gobble and Jenn Whalen) will feature Korean poet Kim Kyung Ju and poet/translator Jake Levine. Kirk Lynn and Elizabeth Chao will also be reading.

Gulf Coast's January reading series will host an evening of poetry in translation, featuring Korean poet Kim Kyung Ju and Jake Levine, poet and translator. Luisa Muradyan and Henk Rossouw will also be performing.

Lisa, whose collection AT NIGHT is forthcoming from Black Ocean this April, will be reading with Tracey Knapp and Matthew Siegel at Alley Cats Books. Reading begins at 7 PM, more information can be found on the FB event page, here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1053127011371294/

Joe Hall will be reading as part of the Banquet Reading Series in Brooklyn, NY. Details to come, keep a weather eye on their Facebook page here: https://www.facebook.com/zooreads. Reading begins at 8 PM.

Brian Foley, Nick Gulig, and Gene Kwak will all be reading at the Irving Amphitheater at the Kansas City Art Institute. The reading is free free free and will commence at 7 PM. More details about readings and such can be found on the Facebook invite: https://www.facebook.com/events/316988215177783/

Three different poets hailing from three different states are teaming up to give you a thrice-awesome reading on December 12! Join us for a holiday BASH that's sure to chase the cold away. Reading begins promptly at 7 PM, be sure to arrive early in order to snag a seat for you and your friends.

Brian Foley will be reading poems from his latest collection, The Constitution. He will be joined by Sarah Galvin, Lisa Ciccarello, and Jane Wong. Doors open at 6 PM and the reading will commence at 7 PM.

For more information about the readers and to RSVP for the event, visit the Facebook event here.

Fancy a free language lesson? Third Man Books and Third Man Records will be celebrating not just the release of their first anthology (Language Lessons: Volume 1) but also the first single-author book: The Truth Is We Are Perfect by Janaka Stucky (due out April 2015). This is FREE event: poetry, music, booze - all free.

This month's BASH will take place on a SATURDAY instead of the usual Friday.

After taking October of to commence with spirits and carve pumpkins, we are excited to return with thunder for this month's BASH! Traveling all the way from California, Colorado, Georgia, and New York we’ve got four fantastic poets coming into town with their A-game on! Please join Black Ocean and Brookline Booksmith in welcoming our featured readers: Jericho Brown, Travis Cebula, Sarah Suzor, and Rebecca Wolff.

Event begins promptly at 7 PM, be sure to arrive on time (or early!) to guarantee a seat.

Come and ring in the final launch reading for Privacy Policy: The Anthology of Surveillance Poetics! There will be readings, copies for purchase, and general merriment. Featured readers will be Micah Bateman, Paula Cisewski, and Dana Roeser.

No complaints here - close to home and in one of Cambridge's best independent bookstores. Come and hear Robert Pinsky, Stephen Burt, Jorie Graham, Dan Chelotti, Thera Webb, and other poets read from the anthology.

St. Louis, we're going to have Mary Jo Bang, Joanna Kaminski, David Clewell, Micah Bateman, Eileen G'Sell and Andrew Ridker on deck to read and talk surveillance/poetry at the second of our launch readings for the Privacy Policy anthology!

We are SO excited to present three knock-down award-winning poets at this month's BASH! Traveling all the way from Denver and Nashville, you'd do well to hop on the T for a rare opportunity to enjoy them in person. Janaka will be emceeing again, and drinks will follow at a location to be disclosed at the event ... PLEASE ARRIVE PROMPTLY.

We're celebrating the launch of our anthology of surveillance poetics and we need you to help us pack Berl's to the rafters! Hear from readers, pick up a copy for yourself, pick up a copy for a friend, and most importantly, rejoice!

BONK! is made possible by the Osborne and Scekic Family Foundation, the Friends of the Racine Public Library, The Racine Arts Council, Olde Madrid restaurant, Pink Magnolia restaurant and The Urban League of Racine and Kenosha.